Drapery hook



Oct. 10, 1961 D. CJFERGUSON DRAPERY HOOK Filed Jan. 2, 1959 Flfil lNl ENTOR flmvlfl (T FERGUSON A T TORNEA 3,003,209 DRAPERY HOOK Daniel C. Ferguson, Freeport, lll., assignor to Western Nowell Mfg. '00., Freeport, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Filed Jan. 2, 1959, Ser. No. 784,618 4 Claims. (Cl. 24-84) This invention relates to a new and improved drapery hook construction, and is more particularly concerned with improvements in the general type of drapery hook disclosed in Perhnutter Patent No. 2,553,272, issued May 15, 1951.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an improved construction for drapery hooks of the kind mentioned whereby, without any increase in the cost of manufacture, the resulting drapery hooks are of far more uniform characteristics in quantity production than was possible with the earlier constructions, and there is much less likelihood of the shank portion of the supporting book, which in the earlier construction was merely spot-welded to the lower end of the body of the drapery hook, breaking oil" at the weld, the present construction enabling as long a. line-weld as the strength required dictates, and the line-weld also: insuring good alignment of the parts, whereas with a spot-weld, the parts were often more or less out of alignment.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- FIGS. 1 and 2 are a front view and side view, respectively, of a drapery hook made in accordance with the present invention and shown on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 3-3 of FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a view of a drapery showing drapery hooks of the present construction applied thereto, the hooks in this view being shown approximately full size, and

FIG. 5 is a cross-section on the line 5-5 of FIG. 4.

The same reference numerals are applied to corresponding parts in these views.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 6 designates the improved drapery hook of my invention generally, the same comprising a main planar body portion 7 to which the upper turned-over hem or border portion 8 of a drapery 9, having the usual spaced vertical lines of stitching, indicated at 10, is applied with the two closely spaced arms 11 and 12 of the body 7 disposed on opposite sides of a line of stitching 10, as appears in FIG. 4, the drapery hooks 6 being provided at evenly spaced intervals along the top of the drapery for the uniform support intervals along the top of the drapery for the uniform support thereof on a horizontal rod 13 in the usual way, namely, by means of supporting hooks 14 carried on the body 7 of the hooks 6 and slidably engaging the rod 13.

In accordance with the present invention, the drapery hook 6, which has the body 7 thereof bent from a single piece of wire, as indicated at 15, to provide the closely spaced supporting arms I l and 12, has, next to the downwardly diverging lower end portions 16 and inwardly bent end portions 17, (that are used as attaching means in sewing the hooks onto the drapery after entry in the hem. portion 8 in the manner described above) abutting straight more or less elongated extensions 18 of a predetermined suitable length welded together along the line 19' of abutment, as seen at W in FIG. 3. The supporting hook 14, which is disposed in a plane at right angles to the plane of the body 7, is provided also in accordance with my invention, just below the outwardly bent shank portion 20 and inwardly bent end portion 21 thereof with a straight more or less elongated end extension or extremity 22 of a predetermined length for Patented Oct. 10, 1961 abutment with the line-welding as at W (FIG. 3) to the extensions 18-48 on the body 7. Three important advantages are derived as a result of this construction:

l) The attaching end portion or extremity '22 of the supporting hook 14 is assured of good alignment with the abutting end portions 18 of the body 7, because the end portion 22 lies in the crotch defined between the end portions 18, as most clearly appears in FIG. 3,

(2) The more or less elongated line-weld, which can be of any suitable or preferred length, is much stronger and far more reliable than a spot-weld, and its strength is further increased as a result of the extent to which the end portion or extremity 22 lies down in the crotch defined between the end portions 18, and is accordingly better supported against twisting or lateral displacement, accordingly relieving the line-weld of an appreciable portion of the strain that would otherwise have to be as sumed directly by the weld alone, and

(3) The back of the hook 14', which is V-shaped, one side of the V being the outwardly bent shank portion 20, has the apex of the V engaging in the crotch defined between the closely spaced arms 11 and 12 of the body 7, and due to the fact that this crotch is longitudinally aligned with the crotch defined between the end portions 18, as clearly appears in FIGS. 1 and 4, there is further assurance of good alignment of the parts, and the hook 14 when deflected away from the body 7 by the material of the hem 8 will pinch. the material between the hook and body, as illustrated in FIG. 5, to hold the hook in place in the hem well enough to make it unnecessary to sew the hook onto the drapery if it is preferred to dispense with such stitches. The V-shape of the back of the hook clearly shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 is advantageous both from the standpoint of easier entry of the hem 8 between the hook and body and from the standpoint of tighter pinching of the material, because of the concentration of pressure of the hook at one point.

In passing, it will be observed that the upper ends of the arms 11 and 12 have outwardly bent loops 23 formed thereon defining therebetween a crotch 24 for easy entry of the stitched portion 10 of the hem 8 of the drapery.

In the quantity production of the present drapery hooks 6, the Welding W (FIG. 3) along the line 19 can be as long as required for the requisite strength and durability of the drapery hooks. The fastening of the elongated end extension 22 of the shank of the supporting hook 1-4 in the crotch defined by the end portions '18 further insures maximum strength and durability and also much closer uniformity in the large quantity pro duction of these drapery hooks. The supporting hook 14 in the welding operation has its end portion 22 held properly in the crotch between the end portions 18 of the body 7 for the line-weld.

It is believed the foregoing description conveys a good understanding of the objects and advantages of my invention. The appended claims have been drawn to cover all legitimate modifications and adaptations.

I claim:

1. A drapery hook comprising a single length of stilt round wire bent upon itself at the middle to define an elongated vertical planar body having a straight elongated lower extremity of two-wire width where the wire of the two halves of the body are disposed in close line abutment, these abutting portions being welded together along the line of abutment and defining an elongated crotch therebetween, the upper substantially vertically end portions of said two halves being disposed in close parallel relationship to one another and constituting drapery supporting arms and defining therebetween another elongated crotch in longitudinal alignment with the first mentioned crotch, and an elongated vertical stiff round wire hook member for support of said body on a horizontal rod, said hook member being disposed in a substantially vertical plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of said body and including a hook portion on the upper end facing downwardly and forwardly with respect to the supporting arms of said body with the back of said hook portion disposed in the crotch between said arms, said hook member having a straight elongated attaching shank portion on the lower extremity thereof that is entered in the first mentioned crotch in said straight elongated lower extremity and rigidly secured by welding thereto along substantially the full length of said attaching shank portion.

2. A drapery hook as set forth in claim 1 wherein the two halves of the elongated vertical wire body have at the lower ends of the drapery supporting arms and above the welded extremity downwardly diverging lower end portions and therebelow inwardly converging end portions in coplanar relationship to said drapery supporting arms adapted to serve as attaching portions which may be fastened to the drapery material to secure the drapery hook to the drapery.

3. A drapery hook as set forth in claim 1 wherein the elongated vertical round wire hook member has the back portion of the hook shaped upper end portion generally V-shaped with the apex of the V disposed in the crotch defined between the drapery supporting arms and with both sides of the V extending in angular relationship to the plane of the body portion.

4. A drapery hook as set forth in claim 1 wherein the upper ends of the two halves of the wire body defining the drapery supporting arms are bent outwardly away from one another to form substantially circular loops on opposite sides of the crotch defined between the drapery supporting arms in coplanar relationship with the body portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 679,296 Clark July 30, 1901 1,513,011 Russell et al. Oct. 28, 1924 2,473,564 Bergren June 21, 1949 2,553,272 Perlmutter May 15, 1951 2,607,977 Serrell Aug. 26, 1952 2,716,793 Perlmutter Sept. 6, 1955 2,758,645 Sherman Aug. 14, 1956 2,779,404 Hess Ian. 29, 1957 

